GeekDad Visits St. Thomas Elevated Park
St. Thomas, Ontario has its own version of New York’s High Line, an elevated park on an 850 foot long, 1929 vintage railroad bridge.
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Category: Events
Goodbye to Grant Imahara
Grant Imahara: electrical engineer, robot-builder, co-host of ‘Mythbusters,’ and all-around good, geeky person, has passed away too soon.
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Happy 60th Anniversary to Etch A Sketch!
This year is Etch A Sketch’s 60th birthday, and there are a number of special editions to celebrate.
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Black Lives Matter.
We are grieving. We have work to do.
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Watch the Pop-Up Magazine’s Spring Issue at Home!
Pop-Up Magazine’s Spring Issue will be free to watch on YouTube!
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Stack Overflow: Celebrating Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month
May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, a time to recognize the ways that Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans have contributed to our culture here in the United States. Here’s a stack of books to help you celebrate!
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Stack Overflow: Happy Earth Day!
For the 50th Earth Day, here are some books about nature!
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Stack Overflow: More Books for Women’s History Month
I’m continuing the theme from last week: here are more books celebrating Women’s History Month!
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Locked Down Family Misses Disneyland Vacation – Creates Pirates of the Caribbean Ride at Home
A family who missed their Disneyland vacation while things are in lockdown in California decided to pass the time recreating one of their favorite rides at home.
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Are You in Lockdown? Celebrate Your Community by Putting Your Holiday Lights Back Up! #CoronaLights
We want to start a new tradition; in these darkening times let’s put our holiday lights back up and celebrate each other.
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Stack Overflow: Celebrating Women’s History Month
March is Women’s History Month here in the United States, so today’s column is a collection of books about women!
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Our Favorite LEGO Creations From Bricks Cascade 2020
Bricks Cascade, Portland’s LEGO convention, is happening this weekend! Here are a few of our favorites from the show.
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Stack Overflow: Black History Month
Today’s stack is mostly picture books (plus a handful of others) that are great reading for Black History Month—from the Queen of Soul to the First Lady, from a little kid to the oldest student, these are stories worth sharing.
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Geek Links: Take a Tuneful Tour of Universal Studios Japan’s Super Nintendo World
A new promo video from Swedish electro duo Galantis and English vocalist Charli XCX provides fans the world over with our first (sur)real look at Super Nintendo World Japan. Courtesy: Nintendo of America
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SacAnime Returns at CalExpo
Sacramento’s Anime/Pop-Culture Convention occupies the CalExpo fair grounds this weekend while its home convention center is rebuilt.
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How Geeky Was Your Holiday Haul?
Did you get any particularly geeky presents? Share your geekiest gifts with us in the comments, or on social media!
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NYCC: Walking the Floor
Press play and listen to the words of a GeekDad swimming upstream in what we call NYCC 2019.
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The Best Drinks for Holiday Parties and Family Festivities
Special brews, bottles, and old family drink recipes are a staple of the holidays. What are your favorites?
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2019 Holiday Gift Guide: Books
Books have been very popular with our writers and readers this year. Here is a list of 22 of the books we have bought or recommend to our friends and family.
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Q&A With ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ Author Jeff Kinney
Eric spoke with ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ author Jeff Kinney about the new book and Midwest tour.
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2019 Gift Guide: ‘Dungeons & Dragons’
Looking for some excellent ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ gifts? Look no further, GeekDad has collated 10 of the best ‘D&D’ gifts to suit all sizes.
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Portland Book Festival This Weekend
The Portland Book Festival is coming this weekend: Saturday, November 9!
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RI Comic Con Preview: Putting Fan Interest Above Corporate Interest
This weekend’s Rhode Island Comic Con is the rare fan event that hasn’t grown too big, hasn’t succumbed to rampant corporatization, and provides an inspired curation of guests from across all worlds of geek and pop culture.
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Interview With Mathieu Cote, Game Director of ‘Dead by Daylight’
At this year’s NYCC, I had the chance to interview Mathieu Cote, Game Director of ‘Dead by Daylight.’
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The Language of Supergiant’s ‘Pyre’
We chatted with Greg Kasavin, Creative Director at Supergiant, on how the company designed its own language for the fictional world of ‘Pyre.’
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Stack Overflow: 17 Thrills and Chills for Halloween
If you wait all year for October to roll around so you can break out the skulls and cobwebs and jack-o’-lanterns, this Stack Overflow is for you! Here’s a mix of picture books, comic books, and fiction with a gamut of monsters, witches, and other spooky subjects.
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‘Minecraft: The Exhibition’ Gets Its World Premiere at MoPop
‘Minecraft: The Exhibition’ opened this past weekend at MoPop in Seattle and will run until September 2020. The exhibit features plenty to get the uninitiated up to speed as well as a ton of stuff to enamor diehard fans.
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Visiting Ontario’s Blue Mountain Resort in Fall
Ontario’s Blue Mountain Resort is a great way to spend time outdoors in the fall.
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NYCC 2019 – Superman of Smallville Interview w. Art Baltazar and Franco
At New York Comic Con this past weekend, I got to interview popular all-ages cartoonists Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani, often known as Baltazar and Franco.
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12 Things to Know About Coming Out Day
National Coming Out Day is tomorrow, October 11th. This post covers 12 facts you should be aware of for this holiday.
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